Happy 25th, Game Boy.
Last time, Mario was on a passenger jet. This time, Mario takes to the skies as that dastardly Tatanga attempts to take over an aircraft carrier… oh, and that Herman fellow is still around, now pursued by the FBI for his alleged hijacking of the airplane from last issue. Seems like he’s our main secondary character that we follow after Tatanga, Mario, and all the minions. Feel free to appreciate Tatanga’s only stretch as a major threat to Mario before he gets bumped down to Moon Zone boss a year or so down the line, but I digress.
I feel like I’m lost when it comes to these stories. I get that these were primarily aimed at children and thus is written as children’s fare, but even within that context, you would think that, at some point, we’d get some explanation as to how these intrusions keep happening and why no one figured the solution would be to take these cursed Game Boys and Mario Land cartridges and just destroy them. That way, no more Tatanga invading our world. Seems like a simple fix, but they never address it.
Then again, this is simple fare where the core audience this is written for only cares about Mario and his shenanigans… and hey, he brought SkyPop with him. I’m all for more SkyPop in Mario media, especially one part where SkyPop gets a considerable upgrade in firepower. It’s entertaining fluff, if nothing else.
Well… we’ve got one more issue to go, folks. Let’s see how this thing comes to an end.
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